The Best eBooks for Bedtime Reading – Illustrated Tales for Children
Are you after a new book of bedtime stories to send a little one off to dream land? We’ve collected our favourite illustrated tales perfect for bedtime, all available as eBooks to download at your fingertips. […]
In the Bleak Midwinter – A Christmas Carol by Christina Rossetti
Christina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional and children’s poems – best known for her works Goblin Market, Remember, and the Christmas carol, In the Bleak Midwinter. In honour of her birthday, we’d […]
Over The Wall – An Extract from The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden numbers amongst Frances Hodgson Burnett’s most famous works. Since it was first published in 1911, it has warmed the hearts of readers for over a hundred years. It continues to be a true […]
The Underground Workers – An Estonian Fairy Tale
A lost peasant, a cave of hidden treasures and a very strange dream. The Underground Workers An Estonian Fairy Tale ON a bitter night somewhere between Christmas and the New Year, a man set out to […]
The Little Picture Girl – A Christmas Story
Christmas eve magic, a picture that comes to life, and a visit from Father Christmas. The Little Picture Girl – A Christmas Story – IT was Christmas Eve, and a little girl lay in her little […]
The Cat and The Parrot – An Indian Tale
A lazy parrot, four hundred and ninety-eight cakes, and a cat that lets hunger get the better of him. The Cat and The Parrot – An Indian Tale – ONCE upon a time, a Cat and […]
Princess Orchid’s Party – A Fairy Story
A shy fairy, a party in a glass house, and a new home made among the honeysuckle. Princess Orchid’s Party – A Fairy Story – A FAIRY whose name was Hedgeflower once lived in a wild […]
The Four Winds and The Garden of Paradise – A Hans Christian Andersen Tale
The mother of the winds, a journey to the Garden of Eden, and a forbidden kiss under the Tree of Knowledge. The Four Winds and The Garden of Paradise – A Hans Christian Andersen Tale – […]
How Peeping Kate was Piskey-Led – A Cornish Fairy Tale
A long Halloween night, a Piskey in a barn, and a troop of Spriggans holding an Elfin Fair. How Peeping Kate was Piskey-Led – A Cornish Fairy Tale – ’T IS Hallowe’en Night, Teddy, my boy. […]
The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo – A Just So Story
Three Gods, a Kangaroo that wished to be different, and a hungry Dingo that wouldn’t quit. The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo – A Just So Story – NOT always was the Kangaroo as now we […]
The Story of The Bird Feng – A Chinese Fairy Tale
A mysterious and beautiful maiden, a bamboo flute, and a bird of many colours. The Story of The Bird Feng – A Chinese Fairy Tale – IN the Book of the Ten Thousand Wonders there are […]
The Goose Girl – A Brothers Grimm Tale
A talking horse, a false bride, and a princess with hair of gold. The Goose Girl – A Brothers Grimm Tale – ONCE upon a time there lived an old Queen, whose husband had been dead […]
